Lovebirds is the solo project of Hamburg resident Sebastian ‘Basti’ Doering, sounding like a blast from the past with house steroids packing serious production muscle. Listening to Lovebirds is like taking trip back to the 70s and 80s - but riding in a gleaming futuristic spaceship.
The first Lovebirds release appeared on Trax of Interest in 2006, followed by the ‘Modern Stalking’ EP, which came out in 2007 on Winding Road. The EP contained tracks of mid-tempo house, each coming from a different musical angle and giving the world a taste of what he was capable of, attracting support from Prins Thomas, Ashley Beedle and Jimpster, with Bill Brewster making it the Single Of The Month in iDJ magazine. Lovebirds had landed.
His second single for Winding Road was slamming vocal track ‘Love On My Hands’, which featured the voice of Holly Backler. As with the first EP, this release drew much praise from the deep house cognoscenti and put Basti ever more firmly on the map. July 2008 saw the release of his third single for Winding Road, ‘In The Shadows’. Once again, an extremely classy offering received by the tastemakers to great acclaim.
Although the Lovebirds name has burst onto the scene relatively recently, Basti is no newcomer to the production game. Basti formed Knee Deep, together with old friend Toddie Freese, in 1998. Knee Deep became a household name in the dance scene, leading to international DJ gigs and mountains of remix work. As Knee Deep, Basti has remixed Jamiroquai 3 times, as well as Bob Sinclair, David Morales, Brandy, and many others, even winning the prestigious 'Best Remixer' category in the 2002 German Dance Awards in the process.
A few years on, Basti had achieved all he wanted to with Knee Deep, and was ready to move into more deeper, melancholy musical avenues. And so Lovebirds was born, which is now his main project. He released the euphoric 'The Rat' for Freerange in autumn 2008 - a track with that combined soaringmelodies with a killer bassline, and he also turned out a tasty remix of Milton Jackson's 'Crash'. Keep your eye on him - there will be more great things to come from this bird!